Inspiration

Ideas for teachers
http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Inspir.htm
Smart Ideas
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART%2BIdeas/Sample%2Bmaps.htm

Dreamweaver WebDesigner

Quick Dreamweaver Tip

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=OPdD1SfcB4Y&feature=user

Dreamweaver Drop Down Menu

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDcMq_bu94&feature=relatedDreamweaver Tutorial - Create a basic Webpage Insert Content

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6rRLw5ggOg&feature=related

Eduational youTube sites and Smart Board Training-Demo

A Vision of K-12 Student Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
Connected Classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC928e629iM
Did you know?
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U&feature=rA
A vision of students today
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&feature=related
Smartboard Training
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=HUQCjKYqPc0&feature=related
smart board Training 2
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-iYBEuyzU&feature=related
Smart board Demo
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=319sEUWZ6zk&feature=related

More ESL Resources

www.eslgames.com
BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
CanTeach
http://www.canteach.ca/links/linkengsec.html
California State University ESL Lesson Plans and Resources
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslplans.html
David’s ESL Café’s Idea Cookbook
http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi
EnglishRaven.com
http://www.englishraven.com/Main.html
ESLGold
http://www.eslgold.com/
ESL KidStuff
http://www.eslkidstuff.com/
ESLPDF
http://www.eslpdf.com/
ESLPoint.com
http://www.eslpoint.com/
ESL Teacher Talk
http://www.eslteachertalk.com/
ESL Teacher Tips E-zine
http://www.english-teaching-info.com/esl-teacher-tips-newsletter.html
ESL Teaching Tips
http://www.eslteachingtips.com/
Interesting Things for ESL Students
http://www.manythings.org/
Lanternfish
http://bogglesworldesl.com/
LearnEnglishFeelGood.com
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/
onestopEnglish
http://www.onestopenglish.com/index.asp?catid=59495
Owl Writing Lab ESL Resources for Teachers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslteacher.html
SimplyESL
http://www.simplyesl.com/
ESL Language Schools
http://esllanguageschools.suite101.com/
TEFL.NET - because you teach English
http://www.tefl.net/
The Literacy Web
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/

ESL - Resource Websites

ESL Websites:
• DEN (Digital Education Network) – Cdn. Website with reading comprehension, accompanying exercises in math and writing
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/menu.htm
• Self-Study Quizzes for ESL Students – over 1000 grammar and vocabulary quizzes and trivia questions on a variety of topics
http://a4esl.org/
• Interesting Things for ESL Students – offers many things from crosswords, scrambled sentences, a speech synthesizer, computer assisted writing www.manythings.org
• ESL Blue – a Cdn. website (Quebec) with materials at all levels
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/trouindx.htm
• Comprehensive site by Eva Leaston
http://eleaston.com/
http://www.settlement.org/
• a very comprehensive site for new immigrants, the Newcomers Guide to Ontario is part of this site
• Magda’s ESL Resources – a comprehensive site where you will find the above links as well as others (online picture dictionaries are really good)
http://eslresources.ca/
• TESL-J – the internet TESL Journal for Teachers of ESL, great professional development link http://iteslj.org/
• TESL-L – an electronic mailing list for ESL teachers, 12000 teachers belong to it http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/~tesl-l/
• TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links – links to sites for teachers and students http://iteslj.org/links/
• ESL-Loop Site – can find more ESL sites
http://www.linguistic-funland.com/esloop/esloop.html
• The Multi-literacy Project -- A research collaboration of students, educators and researchers http://www.multiliteracies.ca/

Asian Heritage Resources

Southeast Asia Resources:
Indonesia:
http://indonesia.elga.net.id/
http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/SEAsia/internet/Indon.html
http://www.indianchild.com/interesting_facts_about_indonesia.htm
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/JUD-3112136-MYK
http://www.expat.or.id/info/art.html
Philippines:
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_philippines.html
http://www.wowphilippines.com.ph/index.asp#
http://www.marimari.com/content/philippines/best_of/culture.html
http://www.pia.gov.ph/philinfo/
Singapore:
http://www.marimari.com/content/singapore/best_of/main.html
http://app.www.sg/index.asp
http://www.sg/explore/symbols.htm
Malaysia:
http://www.geographia.com/Malaysia/main.html
http://www.marimari.com/content/malaysia/best_of/main.html
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_malaysia.html
Brunei:
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_brunei.html
http://www.marimari.com/content/brunei/index.html
http://www.lycos.com/info/brunei.html
Myanmar:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
Thailand:
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
Laos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos
Vietnam:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
Cambodia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia
Notable Info:
1. Douglas Jung, O.C. was born in Victoria, British Columbia on February 24, 1924. He has many firsts to his credit. On June 10, 1957, he gained the distinction of being the first Canadian of Chinese extraction to have been elected a Member of Parliament;
2. David Lam is the first Asian-Canadian Lieutenant Governor in Canada
3. Mandarin is a Chinese language spoken by 1120 million people in over 10 countries in the world. These countries include: Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, S. Africa, Taiwan and Thailand
Here are useful teaching sites for Asian Heritage lessons:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/asian-american/print.htm
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmulticult.htm
http://multicultural.mrdonn.org/Asian.html
Central Asia Resources:
Tajikstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbeckistan
http://www.advantour.com/
http://www.advantour.com/tajikistan/index.htm
http://www.advantour.com/turkmenistan/index.htm
http://www.advantour.com/uzbekistan/index.htm
http://flagspot.net/flags/uz.html
http://www.turkmenistanembassy.org/turkmen/history/hist_cult.html
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/regional/reading.shtml
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/tajikistanupdate/
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/tajikistanupdate/historicalmaps.htm#hsf
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ti.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-73623/Turkmenistan
Afghanistan:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~apnilsen/afghanistan4kids/index2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
http://www.afghan-web.com/
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107264.html
Iran:
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/314/27/
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/iran.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0932447.html
Kazakhstan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html
http://www.rainbowkids.com/HTMLFiles.aspx?page=KazakhstanAct
http://aboutkazakhstan.com/
South Asia:
http://www.proteacher.com/090066.shtml
http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/SoAsia_Culture.htm
http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu91/6l.asp
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/histories/asian/culture/culture.htm
India
http://www.culturopedia.com/contents.html
http://www.diehardindian.com/demogrph/moredemo/artcraft.htm
http://www.indianartcircle.com/
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/india.htm
Sri Lanka
http://www.info.lk/srilanka/srilankaculture/srilankaart.htm
http://www.lankalibrary.com/rit.html
Nepal
http://nepal.saarctourism.org/culture-religion.html/
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/
Bangladesh
http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/culture/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bangladeshi_culture
Pakistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan#Society_and_culture
http://www.pak.gov.pk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Pakistani_culture
Bhutan
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6708/
East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
China:
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHIINRES.HTM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107411.html
http://www.tooter4kids.com/china/fun_facts_about_china.htm
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/china.html
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/china.htm
Japan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107666.html
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Japan/interesting_facts.htm
http://web-japan.org/factsheet/
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/japan_for_kids.htm
Korea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107690.html
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html
http://www.korea.net/korea/korea.asp
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/World_Cultures/Asia/Korea/
Taiwan:
http://www.rainbowkids.com/HTMLFiles.aspx?page=TaiwanAct
http://www.mamalisa.com/world/taiwan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tw.html
The Pacific Islands:
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Asian.html
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/gen.html
South Asian Books:
http://www.southasianbooks.org/
The following are most famous things these islands are known for;
Melanasia islands:
New Guinea: art, dance, weaponry, woodcarving
Papua New Guinea: Cannibalism
Maluku: spices (nutmeg, mace, clove)
Papua: endangered animals
New Caledonia: sandalwood, blackbirding (using slaves for sugar cane picking)
Vanuatu: Pottery
Fiji: Pottery, James Cook
Solomon Islands: football
Micronesia Islands:
Marianas: plants, grasses, vegetation
Guam: Chamorro culture, dance, sea navigation, cooking, games: batu, chonka, estuleks and bayegu
Wake Island: launching platform for missles
Palau: pop music
Marshall Islands: canoe building
Kiribati: music, martial arts, dance
Nauru: catching noddy birds, football
Federated States of Micronesia: stone money “rai stone”
Polynesian Islands:
New Zealand: kappa haka carving, weaving, wakauma (canoe racing)
American/Samoa: sasa dance, siva dance, tattoos for men and women
Tonga: rugby
Tuvalu: kilikiti (cricket), fatele dance, takanu, takaseasea
Cook Islands: Rugby
French Polynesia: Tahitian pearls
Easter Island: moai (statues) of stone